(99) To Those Who Pretend To Care Comments

I couldn't agree with you more about the prospect of living till a natural death. I think I came from Sparta.

I once attended a death of a man who arranged his own suicide, right down to the party prior to his death. Of course he also arranged the radio interviews and the fact that two journalists were with him when he died...oh and did I mention...his family was with him too, while he twitched away in his last few moments... Anyway...I'm sure that if you did this it would be a loss to the world...because you seem to have a fine mind, and are a pretty darned good poet. You would be missed. Hugs, dee

A poem from you i would like to forget.

i fell in love with the ending.

I appreciate the honest account and vivid viewpoints in this piece despite the pointed edges. Additional comments below do help in the overall understanding, but you shouldn't apologize. What would poetry be without passionate albiet inflammatory work. Can't say I haven't lobbed a rant or two into the fray. -Tailor

I have considered removing this poem because it is gratuitously rude to those good folk who try to help. To them I apologise with the qualification that I was a little bit nuts when I wrote it and I just didn't care who I offended. Well now I do. I beg your pardon. I have decided not to remove it though because although rude, its harmless, and a fairly true expression. Sorry DD

David, This is a very angry poem, which is probably why you survived. I understand your rage against those you don't understand who don't understand you. I also respect your point of view without agreeing with it. I guess the moral is, if you're trying to help, learn some decent counselling skills, and strategies for life, otherwise back off! I doubt God's got much to do with it. love, Allie xxxxxxxxxxx

One would have hoped that a poem like this would have been accompanied by a biog of the poet that detailed time, method and successfulness (or not) of recent suicide attempt. By the way, God says he was a good idea at least.... beats bonsai growing anyway.